Mapping the rectum: Spatial analysis of transanal endoscopic microsurgical outcomes using GIS technology

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 22-31

  Ganai, Sabha ^a   Garb, Jane L ^a   Kanumuri, Prathima ^a   Rao, Roshni S ^a   Alexander, Albert I ^a   Wait, Richard B ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems; Health geographics; Rectal anatomy; Rectal neoplasm; Transanal endoscopic microsurgery

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PERITONEUM; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCTOSCOPE; RECTOSCOPY; RECTUM; RECTUM TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGMOID; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; COLON, SIGMOID; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCTOSCOPES; PROCTOSCOPY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 29244444216     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2005.08.030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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